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During restoration at the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, workers discovered a vibrant 1645 fresco by Aniello Falcone hidden for centuries behind a 16th-century canvas.
Saint George and the Dragon is a legend in which Saint George, a soldier venerated in Christianity and among the Druze, defeats a dragon. The story goes that the dragon originally extorted tribute from villagers. When they ran out of livestock and trinkets for the dragon, they began offering a human tribute each day. One day, a princess was chosen. As she walked toward the dragonโs cave, George encountered her, refused to flee, killed the dragon, and rescued her.
My Modern Met. (2022). Hidden 17th-century fresco of Saint George and the dragon uncovered in Naples church. My Modern Met. https://mymodernmet.com/secret-fresco-church-of-saint-george-maggiore-naples/
Saint George and the Dragon is a legend in which Saint George, a soldier venerated in Christianity and among the Druze, defeats a dragon. The story goes that the dragon originally extorted tribute from villagers. When they ran out of livestock and trinkets for the dragon, they began offering a human tribute each day. One day, a princess was chosen. As she walked toward the dragonโs cave, George encountered her, refused to flee, killed the dragon, and rescued her.
My Modern Met. (2022). Hidden 17th-century fresco of Saint George and the dragon uncovered in Naples church. My Modern Met. https://mymodernmet.com/secret-fresco-church-of-saint-george-maggiore-naples/
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TIL itโs been illegal in Alabama to impersonate a priest since 1965, when out of state priests and nuns joined civil rights marches that shamed Alabama segregation
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โAmerica has the military power to do whatever it wants in the world," Under Secretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby and his colleagues told the cardinal, per the FP. "The Catholic Church had better take its side.โ
Vatican officials were reportedly so shocked that this caused a planned visit by the first American pope to be canceled.
https://www.newsweek.com/jd-vance-reacts-report-us-official-issued-threat-vatican-ambassador-11802350
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JD Vance reacts to report US official issued threat to Vatican ambassador
Vance said he wanted to speak to all involved, after Pentagon officials reportedly lectured the Vatican's US ambassador.
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HIGHWAY HAZARD: Dramatic video shows the moment massive boulders come crashing down a hillside onto a roadway in Hawaii overnight.
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Dรฉmolition de la cathรฉdrale du Christ-Sauveur ร Moscou sur ordre de Joseph Staline, le 5 dรฉcembre 1931.
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Forwarded from /slashbiz/ syndicate ~ 45 days to flatten whatever, escaping the tech matrix, memes, and being poor in general (Dalvanius)
Based and /biz/ pilled
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Forwarded from Vault of Secrets - Unpopular History
The Bretton Woods system (1944โ1971) shifted the world from a "pure" gold standard to a gold-exchange standard, where only the U.S. dollar was directly convertible to gold. This system eventually led to the complete decoupling of gold from global currencies when the U.S. could no longer maintain the fixed exchange rate. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) was the central architect and "overseer" of the gold-exchange agenda established at Bretton Woods. The IMF and Bretton Woods initiative were led by the head of the U.S. Treasury, Harry Dexter White, who was a Jewish secret Soviet agent. This was confirmed through the leaked Metroshkin archive, specifically in the "Vassiliev" KGB notebook. Any collapse of the U.S. dollar that follows in the future can be directly traced to this act of sabotage. The U.S. central control of the world currency, its eventual collapse, and the rise of the world debt system have been established long in advance.
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TIL that in 1924, the CEOs of the world's top lightbulb manufacturers secretly met in Geneva to form the Phoebus Cartel. They intentionally colluded to reduce the life expectancy of lightbulbs from 2,500 hours down to 1,000 hours to force people to buy more.
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TIL that the Art of War, written by Sun Tzu in 5th-century BC, came to the attention of USโ military theory leaders after US' defeat in the Vietnam War, as Viet Cong officers studied it. It is since listed on US Marine Corps Program and used as instructional material at US Military Academy.
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"A U.S. appeals court on Friday declared unconstitutional a nearly 158-year-old federal ban on home distilling, calling it an unnecessary and improper means for โCongress to exercise its power to tax."
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-appeals-court-declares-158-year-old-home-distilling-ban-unconstitutional-2026-04-10/#:~:text=A%20U.S.%20appeals%20court%20on%20Friday%20declared%20unconstitutional%20a%20nearly%20158%2Dyear%2Dold%20federal%20ban%20on%20home%20distilling%2C%20calling%20it%20an%20unnecessary%20and%20improper%20means%20for%20%E2%80%8BCongress%20to%20exercise%20its%20power%20to%20tax.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-appeals-court-declares-158-year-old-home-distilling-ban-unconstitutional-2026-04-10/#:~:text=A%20U.S.%20appeals%20court%20on%20Friday%20declared%20unconstitutional%20a%20nearly%20158%2Dyear%2Dold%20federal%20ban%20on%20home%20distilling%2C%20calling%20it%20an%20unnecessary%20and%20improper%20means%20for%20%E2%80%8BCongress%20to%20exercise%20its%20power%20to%20tax.
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US appeals court declares 158-year-old home distilling ban unconstitutional
The ban was part of a law passed during โ Reconstruction in July 1868.
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Portable sundial. The device consists of a hemispherical bowl with hour lines marked on the inside; the shadow cast by a vertical rod (gnomon) indicates the time.
This portable sundial was developed during the Joseon Dynasty (18th century) and allowed for accurate time measurement anywhere, as long as it was oriented toward the cardinal directions.
๐ Korea, 1871
This portable sundial was developed during the Joseon Dynasty (18th century) and allowed for accurate time measurement anywhere, as long as it was oriented toward the cardinal directions.
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Forwarded from Geopolitics Prime | Iran War Updates
Australiaโs government has published a 78-page report on Covid vaccine batch testing obtained via FOI.
๐ Page after page of black ink.
๐ The US pulled the exact same stunt with the Epstein files โ thousands of pages released, names erased, evidence buried under layers of black bars.
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Forwarded from /g/'s Tech Memes
MIT formally proved that ChatGPT is structurally trained to make you delusional, and even a perfectly rational user can spiral into delusion in the long term. Knowing about it doesn't save you either.
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"Apart from a self-inflated sense of their own role in their imagined global war for the future of humanity, Mann and Hotez do offer a few real-world policy recommendations: Specifically, eliminating the filibuster in the U.S. Senate and expanding the U.S. Supreme Court from nine to 13, but only after Democrats have won the presidency and the House and Senate.
"Ultimately, Mann and Hotez are calling for the scientific community to join their war and to organize itself in opposition to Republicans, to become even more partisan."
https://rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/the-scientists-who-declared-war-on?r=lp6h7
"Ultimately, Mann and Hotez are calling for the scientific community to join their war and to organize itself in opposition to Republicans, to become even more partisan."
https://rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/the-scientists-who-declared-war-on?r=lp6h7
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The Scientists Who Declared War on Half of America
Michael Mann and Peter Hotez call scientists into a partisan fight
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There are now 9 missing scientists tied to advanced technology and U.S. nuclear and space research. Their work overlaps closely, with connections to NASA, Los Alamos, and the defense and space research network.
At the same time, reports are emerging about a potential breakthrough in plasma technology being covered up from the public eye.
Monica Jacinto Reza, Melissa Casias, Jacob Prichard, Jaymee Prichard, Gen. William McCasland, Mike Hicks, Carl Grillmair, Nuno F. Gomes Loureiro, Jason Thomas.
Many of them were involved with classified research and held contracts with the Department of Defense.
Is this all a coincidence, or is there something more sinister?
https://x.com/BenSwann_/status/2042736277259157766
At the same time, reports are emerging about a potential breakthrough in plasma technology being covered up from the public eye.
Monica Jacinto Reza, Melissa Casias, Jacob Prichard, Jaymee Prichard, Gen. William McCasland, Mike Hicks, Carl Grillmair, Nuno F. Gomes Loureiro, Jason Thomas.
Many of them were involved with classified research and held contracts with the Department of Defense.
Is this all a coincidence, or is there something more sinister?
https://x.com/BenSwann_/status/2042736277259157766
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Fursov: "I'm deeply convinced that the people who put Trump in power in 2024 were the same people who overthrew him in 2020. It's just that the situation changed over four years, and they needed someone who would act like a bull in a china shop.
The forces behind the Democrats didn't have real candidates, so they decided to allow Trump to come to power in order to discredit him and those who supported him as much as possible, so that people like Biden and Harris would be better perceived afterwards. The second point: since they understand that Trump is destructive and, moreover, a narcissist, he's very easy to control psychologically - so they need to use his energy to maximally destroy the world that the ultra-globalists, starting from Obama and ending with Biden, failed to build. Right now, Trump is destroying this world with terrifying force. It didn't work out to evolve this world from one state to another, so it's like in the Internationale: "We will destroy the whole world of violence to the ground, and then..."
Trump is destroying this world: he's taking away other people's capital, explaining to those who were eyeing China in the Middle East that they shouldn't do that. I can't even imagine how long it will take for these Arab countries to recover, and besides, this is now a very unsafe zone. Everyone has been shown that it's not a good financial center.
A year ago, I gave a lecture and was asked: "Is it safe to buy real estate in Dubai and generally do business there?" I said it's not a safe place. When I was asked where it's safe, I said it's better to buy real estate somewhere in the Yaroslavl or Vladimir regions. People smiled skeptically. But what's happened now really shows that it's not a safe place." https://t.me/govoritfursov/4858
The forces behind the Democrats didn't have real candidates, so they decided to allow Trump to come to power in order to discredit him and those who supported him as much as possible, so that people like Biden and Harris would be better perceived afterwards. The second point: since they understand that Trump is destructive and, moreover, a narcissist, he's very easy to control psychologically - so they need to use his energy to maximally destroy the world that the ultra-globalists, starting from Obama and ending with Biden, failed to build. Right now, Trump is destroying this world with terrifying force. It didn't work out to evolve this world from one state to another, so it's like in the Internationale: "We will destroy the whole world of violence to the ground, and then..."
Trump is destroying this world: he's taking away other people's capital, explaining to those who were eyeing China in the Middle East that they shouldn't do that. I can't even imagine how long it will take for these Arab countries to recover, and besides, this is now a very unsafe zone. Everyone has been shown that it's not a good financial center.
A year ago, I gave a lecture and was asked: "Is it safe to buy real estate in Dubai and generally do business there?" I said it's not a safe place. When I was asked where it's safe, I said it's better to buy real estate somewhere in the Yaroslavl or Vladimir regions. People smiled skeptically. But what's happened now really shows that it's not a safe place." https://t.me/govoritfursov/4858
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๐จโ๐พ ๐ฎ๐ท ๐ก From war to weather: A 'super El Niรฑo' event poses fresh risks to global food costs
Meteorologists say an unusually powerful El Niรฑo could take shape later this year, exacerbating global food security fears.
The prospect of a โsuper El Niรฑoโ event comes at a time when many have raised the alarm over surging fuel and fertilizer costs amid the Iran war.
"Food prices are being squeezed from both sides: by climate extremes disrupting production in major growing regions, and by a food system still hooked on fossil fuels and therefore exposed to spikes in gas, fertiliser, transport and packaging costs," Jaccarini told CNBC by email.
Roughly one-third of the world's seaborne fertilizer trade typically passes through the Strait of Hormuz, although shipping traffic has virtually ground to a halt since the U.S. and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran on Feb. 28.
The price spikes for fuel and fertilizer come as the U.S. planting season begins in earnest, ramping up fears among U.S. farmers of elevated food prices and lower crop yields.
Asked about the prospect of a powerful El Niรฑo event developing in the wake of the sprawling Middle East crisis, Heyl said: "If you get two negative factors like that combining then it could really be tough going."
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/09/el-nino-food-risks-iran-war-fertilizer-weather.html
Meteorologists say an unusually powerful El Niรฑo could take shape later this year, exacerbating global food security fears.
The prospect of a โsuper El Niรฑoโ event comes at a time when many have raised the alarm over surging fuel and fertilizer costs amid the Iran war.
"Food prices are being squeezed from both sides: by climate extremes disrupting production in major growing regions, and by a food system still hooked on fossil fuels and therefore exposed to spikes in gas, fertiliser, transport and packaging costs," Jaccarini told CNBC by email.
Roughly one-third of the world's seaborne fertilizer trade typically passes through the Strait of Hormuz, although shipping traffic has virtually ground to a halt since the U.S. and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran on Feb. 28.
The price spikes for fuel and fertilizer come as the U.S. planting season begins in earnest, ramping up fears among U.S. farmers of elevated food prices and lower crop yields.
Asked about the prospect of a powerful El Niรฑo event developing in the wake of the sprawling Middle East crisis, Heyl said: "If you get two negative factors like that combining then it could really be tough going."
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/09/el-nino-food-risks-iran-war-fertilizer-weather.html
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From war to weather: A 'super El Niรฑo' event poses fresh risks to global food costs
An unusually powerful El Niรฑo weather event could take shape later this year, exacerbating global food security fears.
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